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prove their conspiracy theory about how president obama and susan rice and hillary clinton conspired to hide the truth from the american people. all they had to do was get hillary clinton to crack under the awesome pressure of testifying to congress. something she actually mastered 20 years ago. >> capitol hill, locust of dysfunction, hall of smoke and mirrors. >> secretary clinton will face answers that republicans have wanted to ask for months. >> is the u.s. involved with transferring weapons to turkey? >> to turkey. >> they were just throwing everything against the wall. >> we were misled. >> we were not given a clear picture. >> no one has been held accountable. >> had i been president at the time. >> senator rand paul. >> i would have relieved you of your post. >> it was a pukefest. >> i have said many times i took responsibility. >> what difference at this point does it make? >> we have seen these kinds of dramas before. >> i am particularly pleased to appear before you, mr. chairman, making sure we are all moving forward. >> we want to express our thanks to you for the presen

of state hillary clinton and president obama did that joint public service announce in the pakistan. where they said please, you know, know we didn't, we weren't the cause of the video that caused the riot. we didn't make the video. >> bob: you were waiting for hillary clinton, the benghazi people that follow this closely waiting for this to be the big moment. they didn't lay a finger on her. this is over. forget it. you have want to keep it going, fine. >> eric: agree with you. >> bob: old news. >> eric: i agree 100%. i was waiting for a senator, i put it up on senator. failed. corker. failed. rubio. failed. down the line. they had her, they had her with her own words. and they for some reason went back to the review board. that said here is where the failures were. there are four dead americans. >> kimberly: rand went after her. >> eric: 84 minutes in before they went after her. >> kimberly: then rand said if i was president and you worked for me and you didn't read the cable, bye. let's play that. >> had i been president at the time and i found you did not read the cables from benghazi,

. >> president obama. >> i'm sorry, president obama has, secretary of state clinton, president obama, press secretary carney. >> we'll see. but let's go on to the substance. with all of the testy exchanges, and of course the 2016 subtext, there were some important questions that came out of yesterday's hearing, and questions about the reign that john kerry's likely to grapple with some time today, and we're surprised that hillary clinton didn't have to grapple with yesterday. she cast the benghazi attack as part of a larger rise of militancy in north africa, telling members of congress that arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered security forces across the region. >> when i was here four years ago, testifying for my confirmation, i don't think anybody thought that mubarak would be gone, gadhafi would be gone, ben ali would be gone. this is a great opportunity, as well as a serious threat to our country. so, yes, we now face a spreading jihadist threat. >> and she used this foreboding language to talk about the current instability in mali. >> this is going to be a very s

political advantage over the obama administration, over hillary clinton in particular over the attack in benghazi, what ended up looming unexpectedly large over these proceedings was how benghazi is not an unprecedented thing. the state department has had its personnel and its facilities in danger and facing different kinds of attack over and over and over and over again for decades all over the world. and the attempted political acrimony of today's hearing ended up kind of dead-ending today whenever secretary clinton would bring back what congress does not see as a priority does not see the safety that work at the state department and the resources to ensure that safety. and yes, there is a political agenda to be driven, always, always. but in terms of steps necessary to protect people, so far hillary clinton made the case today that congress has been against it, specifically right now, members of the republican-controlled house have been against it. >> we have asked the congress to help us real locate funds. the senate has given us that authority. we don't yet have it from the house

in his power to build on hillary clinton's record and president obama's addition. he's expected to be confirmed. the government of yemen says a senior leader of the local branch of al qaeda has died of wounds received last a member. it has not been confirmed by his group and previous reports of his death have proved to be false. this time, however, both the yemen state news agency and a diplomat at the embassy in washington have announced the news. the u.n. has launched an investigation into civilian deaths from from strikes in a number of countries including somalia, pakistan, afghanistan, and yemen. the inquiry will look at 25 separate from strikes including a u.s. attack in pakistan in 2011 where up to 40 civilians are reported to have been killed. in syria today, war planes continued to bomb rubble-held areas near the capital as president assad was shown on television and attending a mosque service to mark the birthday of the prophet. every day, thousands of refugees to flee the violence. the strain on those trying to shelter them is enormous. we have been to a camp in jorda

that but in the heat of campaign last year, secretary clinton and some of president obama's other advisers became kind of a lightning rod on this issue and i think john kerry's trying to move on from that but i think he does want to answer their questions when he's secretary of state. >> let's quickly transition here to the senate seat. we know that there's been a lot of talk about the former senator brown stepping in and also talk to run for governor. when's the latest word since you're on the ground in boston? >> i mean, right now everybody's waiting to hear what the governor will name as an interim replacement for john kerry assuming as we all do that he gets confirmed here quite quickly and then the game is on and i think you're going to have several democrat who is go for the nomination for the special election which will happen in the summer. and everybody's asking, will scott brown throw his hat in the ring, as well? i'm one of those who's 50/50 at this point. i think he did lose last fall to elizabeth warren and may want to run statewide in another way and that is for governor. >> ann, taking

and it took me an hour to realize it was hillary clinton and not "kill bill part one." and the first ceo of whole foods thought obama-care was socialism. now he thinks it's fascism. now the produce in his store the man likes to keep his ignorance fresh. thom hartmann joins us on this. and today is the birthday of l.a. mayor antonio villaraigosa, and late e street bande boardist dan dan, and the guy who played macgyver and today is the 276th birthday of john hancock whose last words were, hey i didn't sign on for this. this is "viewpoint." >> good evening, i'm john fugelsang. thank you some forgoing us tonight. the 216th presidential campaign kicked off today. just after president obama took a public oath of office to start his second term in the white house. today secretary of state hillary clinton testified for the second time before stepping down for well-deserved rest. the topic, of course, it was the the 2011 2011 benghazi attack in libya that killed four americans including ambassador stevens. they were waiting for hillary clinton so they could forward the love of chris christie th

: the written memo out of dni. >> they admitted it and secretary clinton and barack obama have all been clear there was not a protest and that this had happened. >> megyn: where was the press conference where they got to be questioned about it and come clean and back and forth with the press corps. that didn't happen because we were in the middle of at presidential election. >> and megyn, i think as secretary clinton said this has been settled. and senator johnson as john kerry pointed out today didn't know what happened he skipped the intelligence briefing that would have actually given him the answers that he was looking for yesterday. >> megyn: all right, give you the quick final word, mark. >> sure, i used to write these statements at the white house and what you say is, look, we don't know exactly what happened, there are some reports that say it was a protest and other reports is a that say otherwise, here is what we know right now and as we get more details we'll tell you if they had stuck to that basic principle they wouldn't have trouble. they wanted to believe the spin that al-qaeda

doubled in the last ten years to more than $2.8 mall year in 2012. unlike previous president, mr. obama has done nothing to fix finances. >> president clinton talked about mend it, don't end it. to judge by the president's remark there is nothing that needs mending. >> the president did take steps to make it easier for people to apply for disability. he has done nothing to help them pay bigger bills. in three year mrs. obama will face a problem he has made worse. >> medicare is in federal law to pay $100 million in medical services for prison inmates and illegal immigrants. they recommend a better system to automatically flag such charges and stop illegal payments before they are made. the dow is up again, gaining 46. the s&p is on a seven-day win streak but barely. the nasdaq lost 23. so how much money would it take to solve world poverty? one media outlet did not do the math. another whopping example of media double standards. grapevine is next. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying act

to be hillary clinton, supported by bill clinton and presumably still popular barack obama truly winning that will be like winning the super bowl. >> jennifer: >> jennifer: joining me now is kiki mcclean, senior advisor to secretary clinton's 2008 campaign and press secretary for vice president al gore's 2000 campaign. and a whole bunch of other stuff. kiki comes to us from washington. thanks kiki for joining me inside "the war room" again. >> always glad to be here governor. >> jennifer: i love to talk about our favorite subject which is president clinton two. today there were a number of senators and congressmen who alluded to her presidential run potentially. if she does decide to run for president, today's stuff about benghazi, do you think that would have any impact at all? does it slow her down? >> well i think what she did today was prove to be the kind of leader we have always known her to be. when something goes on she takes responsibility. when there is a problem, she takes the lead in solving it. and that's what she has done in this, and we also saw a human

decided they would kill americans. what difference at this point does it make? >> secretary clinton was not always that combative, though. at one point while reading prepared remarks she choked up. >> i stood next to president obama as the marines carried these flag draped caskets off the plane at andrews. i put my arms around the mothers and fathers, the sisters and brothers, the sons and daughters and the wives left alone to raise their children. >> democrats and republicans alike showered secretary clinton with praise for what they said is a successful tenure. but there were fireworks and more touching moments. >>> secretary clinton's testimony on benghazi was the big story. >> one of the hardest on clinton speaking with john hahnity. he gave his reaction to the days events. >> i didn't get an adequate explanation the other question that needs to be asked do we have a air ships and battleships. should they be in italy or north africa should there be a military presence in libya. there were a lot of questions incompletely answered. but ultimately the biggest problem was they tried

around and begin to realize there's a much more dangerous world out there than president obama's inaugural address or secretary clinton's testimony today would lead you to believe. >> greta: mr. speaker let me just change the topic. >> greta: i am 'm curious, who the leader of the republican party right now. >> i don't believe we have a leader, and-- >> and i'm talking about, sir, who is the, you know, who does the republican party look to right now? >> the republican party will not have a single leader until we get a nominee in 2016. that's just the nature of being the opposition party. we have a lot of great governors, a lot of very effective senators and house members. i think there are a lot of folks who could emerge as leader, but nobody's going to be able to get that job until they win the nomination in 2016. that's just the nature of politics in america. >> and so, how do you-- >> i have to take a second, wait a second and one second tell your audience, calista and i had the great opportunity today to visit billy graham's library, a remarkable place and in billy graham's

of being loyal to president obama. the obama white house was concerned in the beginning, that this superstar, part of team clinton, was going to over-shadow the president and the white house. they were very controlling sometimes in how they methods foreign policy, but secretary clinton never stepped on anybody's toes. she always left it to the president to take the lead on things. so i think that was a sign that she was a team player. i find, charlie, more people from both parties today saying that they thought she did a good job, and that she showed that she has real depth. then you would have found four years ago. >> rose: clearly it enhanced her reputation. >> i think so. >> rose: when you look forward to the service of john kerry, assuming what most people believe the obvious confirmation because he's of the senate himself, will he be a different secretary of state? >> would expect, charlie, that you'll see a little bit more of the back-channel negotiating style that we associate with a kissinger or jim bake frer senator kerry. he thinks that we need a period of quie

this nonsense but he keeps do it. let's listen. >> as well as i know the clintons and now the obamas, let me just tell you what's going on behind the scenes here. what you saw in this answer, this anger, this outrage, i can tell you, it was not spontaneous. i'm telling you, it was staged. probably the direction of the rajin cajun james carville himself or somebody else. that was all preplanned. >> do you love the mix-up of words probably. it was all preplanned probably. i can tell you for sure. the oracle of thebes here. rush limbaugh said clinton's emotions were less than genuine. let's listen. >> and i guess everybody's favorite part, she lost her cool at one point. by the way, she opened up crying, which is part of the script. >> the underwater walrus. anyway, senator ron johnson who sparred with clinton said she planned -- well, she planned her show. she said he planned it. quote, i think she just decided before she was going to describe emotionally the four dead americans, the heroes, and use that as her trump card to get out of the questions. it was a good way of getting out of really

for watching us tonight. hillary clinton in libya. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. because president obama was not forth coming about the assassination of the u.s. ambassador to libya, christopher stephens and three other americans in benghazi, secretary of state hillary clinton now bearing the brunt of the public exposure. today she testified in front of the senate and the house foreign relations committees. the overall tone, soft. but there were some i moments. we were mrs. leads that there were supposedly protests and something sprang out of that an assault sprang out of that and that was easily ascertained that that was not the fact and the american people could have known that within days and they didn't know that. >> with all due respect, the fact is that we had four dead americans. was it because. >> i understand. >> of a protest or guys out for a walk one night who decided they would go kill some americans. what difference, at this point, does it make? >> bill: with all due respect, it makes a huge difference, ms. secretary. because ambassador stephens was

are expected to easily approve the nomination. he will take the place of hillary clinton. >> i was very honored when john asked me to take part in this, because john is the right choice. to carry forward the obama administration's foreign policy and i urge his immediate confirmation. >> secretary clinton's visit to the hill is likely her last and today's questioning of senator cerris downright uneventful compared to the questioning of the secretary of state clinton yesterdayabout -- benghazi. we're live on capitol hill. sounds like loumakes think confirmation of the swift boated one is a done deal. >> that's right. we should expect a confirmation vote next tuesday for senator kerry if he is confirmed, which we expect he will be, he will inherit a whole lot of problems. senator marco rubio, republican of florida, had a line about foreign policy saying the key is making sure you're not trying to do more than we can, while also ensuring we are not doing less than we should. rubio rattled off the hot spots in the mideast and kerry offered the this response. >> there's a monumental transformation ta

of fire. his approval ratings will likely decline in the way obama's will decline over the next year. hillary clinton will be off safe somewhere not political skin in the game. >> look, it may hurt him in a general election, but i would say joe biden would be thrilled to have to worry about a 2016 general election. i do think guns, if he can do something, helps him. helps with the inside crowd. and i do think -- if you would ask joe biden today, hey, joe. and it wasn't on television, are you running for president you know what he'd say? yes. and i don't think he would pause. >> although hillary clinton is formidable. it's "saturday night live." it's the parodies. >> that's right. >> those guys, they decide to caricaturize you, you're dead. hillary clinton came across today as presidential. listen to her. >> today after four years in this job, traveling nearly a million miles, visiting 112 countries, my faith in our country and our future is stronger than ever. every time that blue and white airplane carrying the words united states of america touches down in some far-off capital, i f

--climate change the copenhagen conference in 2009 senator kerry preceded hillary clinton there, and she proceeded barack obama as one of the areas where he has done significant work on behalf of the administration in this first four years and we'll continue on those interests going forward. it's an interesting thing jennifer in global diplomacy economics is becoming a far more meaningful element of global diplomacy. there is now an assistant secretary of state that focuses on energy issues, and i think senator kerry will continue this dialogue because it is really a foundation. hillary clinton promoted the concept of commercial diplomacy and i think senator kerry agrees with that emphasis. >> jennifer: i totally agree. we'll see what happens on keystone. but there is another issue that he'll have to deal with with respect to our place in the world, and that's the u.s.' use of drones. i guess they'll launch an investigation into u.s. drone policy. does the u.s. need to be more transparent on the issue in your opinion? >> i really do think so. and i think john brennan in his time at the white house

bill clinton making sure there are no barack obamas around the corner, clearing the way for his wife. can you see any signs? can you read the tea leaves? >> i think people aren't throwing things at the television sets with us talking about 2016. it is going on behind the scenes and hillary clinton obviously is a heavy front runner to be the democratic nominee in 2016 if she wants it. sometimes a person leaves a very intense period in public life and goes into private life and says i would be nuts to get back into the kinds of schedules that she has been keeping. so we'll have to see. if she doesn't run it opens the door to joe biden and governor cuomo of new york and governor maly of maryland and who knows who else? >> and i want you to see this. this is an editorial in the los angeles times here. you have hillary clinton emerging from these hearings that we saw stronger than ever. you see it showing them throwing tomatoes at her. the republicans saying you guys will have to improve your aim before 2016. what do you make of her fiery appearance before the republicans in the way she r

: in her opening statement, the usually reserved hillary clinton said that for her, the benghazi tragedy is personal. >> i stood next to president obama as the marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at andrews. i put my arms around the mothers and fathers, the sisters and brothers, the sons and daughters, and the wives left alone to raise their children. [ crying ] >> reporter: secretary clinton said that while she had a close relationship with the ambassador, his request for additional security never made it to her desk. >> the specific security requests pertaining to benghazi were handled by the security professionals in the department. i didn't see those request, they didn't come to me, i didn't approve or deny them. >> reporter: republican senator rand paul said she should be held accountable. >> had i been president at the time and i found that you did not read the cables from benghazi, i would have relieved you of your post. >> reporter: clinton said she constantly thinks of what could have been done earlier. >> i do feel responsible. i feel responsible for the nea

. president obama picked him to succeed hillary clinton after ambassador susan rice withdrew her name. >>> we have some heart-stopping video to show you this morning. the moment a houston area police officer came under fire during a bank robbery turned police chase. this is dash cam footage of an officer getting pelted with 15 rounds of ak-47 fire. he was hit in the head and arm but he survived. this chase actually happened two years ago but the footage is brand new, only coming to light now because the alleged getaway driver is on trial. the robbery suspect was killed by deputies when the 20-minute chase came to an end on a dead-end street. the driver surrounded. >> adele will be performing her hit at the academy awards next month and she said she's thrilled about it. she said in a statement it is an honor to be nominated and finally wonderful to be singing in fronting of people who have captured my imagination over and over again. we haven't really heard much from her since she had her baby so it's nice to hear something. >> whatever we do hear from adele is usually quite good. >>> coming u

for secretary of state. hillary clinton is expected to introduce kerry to the senate committee. president obama picked kerry to succeed clinton after susan rice withdrew her name. soledad. >> john, thanks. >>> an historic announcement happening later today. women will be allowed on the front lines of war. outgoing defense secretary leon panetta and the joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey are set to make the announcement at 1:30 this afternoon. many former service members support the move and say women in support missions have already been drawn into battles in places like iraq and afghanistan and they don't have physical front lines anymore. some serve as military police, others have gone on patrols with ground troops in order to talk to afghan women and children. pentagon correspondent barbara starr is following these developments for us this morning. where is the major opposition to this coming from, barbara? >> reporter: well, good morning, soledad. there are some groups that are opposing it because they have concerns about women serving in the military, frankly, and have had those concerns

anything? . . and then there's this, hillary clinton has an emotional -- >> it's personal. i stood next to president obama as the marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at andrews. . . i put my arms around the mothers and fathers. did we really learn anything new about the death of four brave americans? that's what continues to trouble me. the "kudlow report" begins right now. >>> all right, inside this bullish stock market, two major earnings reports after the bell tonight. first, netflix hugely surprised on the upside sending the stock soaring. and then apple profits beat, but revenues came in light and so did guidance leading to a 10% or $52 drop in the stock. wow. the extended stock market rally continued today. take a look at the gains on the major averages year-to-date. dow up 5.2% already. s&p up 4.8%. i have to believe this massive 16-month stock market rally. it goes all the way back to the fall of 2011. . . along with the u.s. energy revolution, aring if to help us this year on the economy. let's bring in our ace investors, david goldman, former head of income

. >> reporter: heather, that all- day grilling of outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton on capitol hill was emotionally charged. >> i stood next to president obama as the marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at andrew's. >> reporter: one of those four coffins carried the body of bay area's ambassador chris stevens. how could it happen, senators kept asking. clinton said multiple requests for adequate security never reached her desk. >> had i been president at the time and i found that you did not read the cables from benghazi, from ambassador stevens, i would have relieved you of your post. i think it's inexcusable. >> reporter: another republican senator kept asking why it took so long to interview benghazi survivors. >> the fact is we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk decided they would go kill some americans? what difference at this point does it make? >> reporter: and why did u.n. ambassador susan rice and not clinton publicly speak for the administration? she said it's not her favorite thing to appear on

to leave the state department and our country safer, stronger and more secure. >> reporter: clinton said she had a personal relationship with ambassador chris stevens and grew emotional talking about him and three other victims. >> i stood next to president obama as the marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at andrews. i put my arms around the mothers and fathers, the sisters and brothers the sons and daughters, and the wives left alone to raise their children. >> reporter: but the secretary told members of the house that she never saw stevens' request for more security. at one point -- >> 4.3 million cables come to the state department addressed to me, they do not call that to me. >> reporter: republican rand paul called that a failure of leadership. >> if i had been president at the time and found out you did not read the cables of benghazi and from ambassador stevens i would have relieved you from your post. >> reporter: they were accused of covering up the nature of at tacks. >> we were led there were protests and something sprang out of th

to get president obama. we're going to get hillary clinton. we're going to get susan rice. started by mitt romney. picked up by john mccain. ever since they've been trying to exploit the murder of a united states ambassador and three other americans for cheap political gains and they are still at it and still trying to make a big point about the fact that when susan rice went on the sunday talk shows and gave what she said was preliminary information that would probably change might likely change the same information that was given to members of the senate, to members of the house and to the white house, they all had the very very, very same reports from our intelligence officers that republicans finding she was deliberately misleading the american people. they've been beating the drum ever since. it is false false false. it was gusting to see them do it yesterday. the secretary of state handled herself admirably. first of all, as she has done -- she was tough, she was patient but she didn't take any crap either. as she's done before, she said look the buck stops here. >> as i have

the obama administration change? why lift the ban now? and what's the real story about carrying all that heavy equipment? >>> last stand. secretary hillary clinton, filled with fiery emotion in her last appearance before congress. >> what difference at this point does it make? >> the indignation. and then, the tears in her eyes. >> i put my arms around the mothers and fathers and the wives left alone to raise their children. >>> frozen solid. a nation so cold, a worker 200 feet above ground is rescued, unable to get down. so cold out there, a banana turns into a hammer. >>> and, in his own words. manti te'o with katie couric. his first on-camera interview after the hoax. >> this girl, who i committed myself to, died on september 12th.

al presidente barack obama cuando los infantes de marina cargaron esos féretros, puse mi brazo alrededor de madres, padres y hermanos, al día siguiente de la tragedia, clinton dijo que fue un ataque terrorista, pero este senador insistió en las declaraciones de la embajadora de la organización de naciones unidas, susan rice. >>> tenemos a 4 ciudadanos que murieron, pero no por protestas. >>> qué diferencia hace esto ahora, nuestro trabajo es averiguar qué pasó. >>e> l pueblo no merece respuestas falsas, el 20 de septiembre en univisión el presidente barack obama dijo que aún hacen una investigación. >>> le nuevo presidente del comité de relaciones exteriores, dijo que se rtiene que determinar qué pasó. >>> aunque no hay una amenaza contra nuestra embajada, tenemos que ver el ambiente en el país. >>> el problema fundamental es que lamentablemente el gobierno de libia no tiene la capacidad de responder por la seguridad de los estados unidos. >>> después de casi 4 años de servicio y 1 millón de millas recorridas alrededor del mundo en misiones diplomáticas la sec

responsibility. >> reporter: in her opening statement, the usually reserved hillary clinton said that for her the benghazi tragedy is personal. >> i stood next to president obama as the marines carried those flag draped caskets off the plane at andrews. i put my arms around the mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughter, and the wives left alone to raise their children. >> reporter: secretary clinton said that while she had a close relationship with ambassador chris stevens, his request for additional security never made it to her desk. >> the specific security requests pertaining to benghazi, you know, were handled by the security professionals in the department. i didn't see those requests. they didn't come to me. i didn't approve them. i didn't deny them. >> reporter: still republican senator rand paul said she should be held accountable. >> had i been president at the time and i found that you did not read the cables from benghazi, you did not read the cables from ambassador stevens, i would have relieved you of your post. i think it's inexcusabl

. >> reporter: in her opening statement, the usually reserved hillary clinton said that for her the benghazi tragedy is personal. >> i stood next to president obama as the marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at andrews. i put my arms around the mothers and fathers, the sisters and brothers, the sons and daughters and the wives left alone to raise their children. >> reporter: secretary clinton said that while she had a close relationship with ambassador chris stevens, his request for additional security never made it to her desk. >> the specific security requests pertaining to benghazi were handled by the security professionals in the department. i didn't see those requests. they didn't come to me; i didn't approve them, i didn't deny them. >> reporter: still, republican senator rand paul said she should be held accountable. >> had i been president at the time and i found that you did not read the cables from benghazi, you did not read the cables from ambassador stevens i would have relieved you of your post. i think it's inexcusable. >> reporter: clinton said she constant

hinting that they hope she runs for president in 2016. we also saw clinton getting emotional. as she talked about those who died.and their families. >> i saw the casket's being near president obama and as the caskets were moved off the plane i was standing with the families. >> catherine: clinton's bottom line. she says she moved quickly to improve the security of american diplomats. saying she's determined to leave the state department safer and more secure. a subtext to the day. the way clinton handled herself in this testimony will almost surely be rehashed if in fact she 'does' run for president. as for the benghazi attack.no one has been brought to justice. >> pam: since the first days after the attack, republicans have blamed the obama administration for failing to heed warning about threats to u=s diplomats. and for being slow to realize the attack had been planned well in advance of the unrest that was then sweeping through the arab world. the attack on the consulate comes during a night of anti-american protests in both benghazi and cairo, egypt. the crowds angry over a you

, and i hope that we can build on what secretary clinton has done and the obama administration has already done in order to augment our efforts in that region. tive wngitad theirada the's an incased effort on that, narcotics, anti-haven't. there's been the central american regional security initiative. there's been development assistance in guatemala, honduras. energy initiatives with brazil. and energy and climate initiatives, i should say, with brazil. this increasing economic integration. but, as we all know, there have been some outliar states that have been not such a part not been as cooperative or in a position to be as cooperative. we all know who they are. depending what happens in venezuela, there may really be an opportunity for a transition there. likewise i would hope that bolivia, ecuador we could make progress. one of the great stories of latin america is colombia. i can remember when i was working on the western hemisphere subcommittee and senator dodd was here and others, and we were very engaged at that period of time, we -- there had recently been a assassination of 13 m

of foreign relations commit who questioned secretary clinton will join us tonight from washington. on the debt ceiling extension a deal appears to be in the offing with president obama. he and senate majority leader harry reid signals agreement with house speaker john boehner's debt ceiling legislation that was passed today, we'll take that up with senator barrasso and the a-team tonight. the obama administration and the wake of benghazi told the american people, repeat ed please that u.s. had a strategy, and substantial security present at the consulate. the accountability review boards investigations and subsequent report declared of that not true, that the security measures were in the words of that report, quote, grossly inadequate. our first guest, press secretary clinton on that issue. >> i would ask you today if you believe we had a significant substantial and strong security present in libya at that time? >> on that night, we had the requisite number of ds agents, we can get mired in the back and forth, but i believe we'll be doing more to help prevent future tragedies and

. >> thank you, senator. secretary clinton. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's very good to be back, and to have this opportunity to join with senator warren and senator mccain in introducing president obama's nominee to be the next secretary of state. i was very honored when john asked me to take part in this because john is the right choice to carry forward the obama administration's foreign policy, and i urge his speedy confirmation. as we have heard from both the chairman and the ranking member and just now senator warren, he will bring a record of leadership and service that is exemplary. he has a view of the world that he has acted on first as that young returning veteran from vietnam who appeared before this committee through the time that he served with such distinction as its chairman. he's been a valued partner to this administration and to me personally. he has fought for our diplomats and development experts. he understands the value of investing in america's global leadership, and as we work to implement the accountability board's recommendations, he's committed to doin

and a blood clot, hillary clinton showed rare public emotion, reflecting the toll benghazi has taken on her. >> for me, this is not just a matter of policy, it's personal. i stood next to president obama as the marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at andrews. i put my arms around the mothers and fathers, the sisters and brothers, the sons and daughters and the wives left alone to raise their children. >> reporter: she said she takes responsibility for what happened. >> as i have said many times, i take responsibility, and nobody is more committed to getting this right. >> reporter: her critics were not disarmed. they wanted to know why couldn't ambassador chris stevens and three other americans be rescued. why were repeated security warnings ignored, including a cable from the ambassador on 9/11, the day of the attack, the day he was killed. >> i'm glad you're accepting responsibility. i think that ultimately, with your leaving, you accept the culpability for the worst tragedy since 9/11. and i really mean that. had i been president at the time, and i found that you did n

freeze. what's really going on here? and hillary clinton's frosty reception on a hill. >> what difference at this point does it make? >> and nra fires back at president obama on guns. >> there's only two reasons for a federal list on gun owns. tax them or take them. >> and surprising views on guns. >> i know how newtown happened. i'm still really, really wrecked over why. >> and talk about upset. serena williams temper tantrum on the court. a big conversation tonight. this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. apologies for my ridiculous voice. my critics will be thrilled that i have nearly been silenced but i'm still going on it on a positive note, i always wanted to sound like barry white so i'll try to get through this as best i can. inauguration seems like such a long time ago. tonight the country is arguing over everything from guns to weather to hillary clinton. a battle over benghazi, she gave as good as she got. it was an extraordinary moment. listen to this. >> the fact is we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest or because of guys out for a walk one night t

'm talking about president obama. the secretary of state hillary clinton, when she was addressing congress yesterday and asked about why they blamed the attack on ben ghazi and the ambassadors on some ngo maker she said, what does it matter? the truth does not matter to these people. their objectives are unclear. leon panetta said to congress that we no longer take direction from congress as far as war and hostilities are concerned. we will take it from nato and the u.n. to, clearly a violation of the constitution. host: any reaction? guest: that is over the top because nobody in the a restoration has ever said they would ignore congress and only listen to the u.n. and nato. i have been critical of this administration, too. i have been critical of certain policies in places like afghanistan or iraq, but let's keep our differences on the policy level. let's acknowledge the fact that secretary clinton and her colleagues are honest policymakers trying to do the best job they can in a typical set of circumstances. let's not question their motives. let's focus on genuine policy differences. i h

on keeping our people safe, she said. secretary clinton again yesterday. >> i spoke with president obama later in the evening to bring him up to date to hear his perspective. obviously, we kept talking with everyone during the night, early in the morning. on the 12th i spoke with general dempsey and again with tom donlin. >> stephanie: she says no delays in decision making and i want to echo the review board's praise for the valor of the people on the ground and the board said our response saved american lives in real time and it did. she said she immediately ordered a view of security procedures and stood with president obama the next morning when he referred to the act as an about of terror. which he did, mitt. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: she created a new position in response to the attacks. you know -- anyway, so i -- secretary clinton again yesterday. >> i would like to refer to five words for them to reflect on. iraq weapons of mass destruction. >> stephanie: thank you, dick durbin. >> were we told there were iraqi weapons of mass destruction that justified a war.

exchanges occurred after a republican senator ask why it took the obama administration so long to determine the assault was actually not the result of any spontaneous protest. here is secretary clinton's response to that. >> with all due respect, the fact is we had four dead americans. >> i understand. >> whether it was because after protest or because of guys out for a walk one night decided they would go kill some americans, what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. martha: that was the most heated moment of the proceedings yesterday. joined by wyoming republican senator john barrasso, who was there who also questioned senator clinton. secretary of state clinton yesterday. he is on the senate foreign relations committee. welcome, good to have you here. >> thank you, martha. martha: why you surprised by that reaction? >> i was because it really does make a difference. it makes a difference to the american people. i would imagine it makes a big difference to the press and o

.democrats were gushing. some hinting that they hope she runs for president in 2016. >> i've stood next to obama as stay caskets were being taken off the plane i put the arms around the family and the wives left alone artur raise their children. >> catherine: we also saw clinton getting emotional. as she talked about those who died.and their families. clinton's bottom line. she says she moved quickly to improve the security of american diplomats. saying she's determined to leave the state department safer and more secure. >> pam: no one has yet been brought to justice for the attack. >> top transportation officials say they still don't know what's causing the electrical problems in boeing's 787 dreamliner. the f-a-a chief says it is still evaluating data, but promises complete transparency while they figure it out. last week, the agency grounded the u-s fleet of boeing's 787 after an in- flight incident in japan. the grounding came after several other issues with the plane's lithium battery in japan and the united states. the military is ending its policy of excluding women from combat roles. de

everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. >> reporter: but when clinton spoke of her four fallen colleagues, the pain, the memories were still raw. >> i stood next to president obama as the marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the planes at andrews. i put my arms around the mothers and fathers, the sisters and brothers. the sons and daughters. >> reporter: and clinton did not hesitate to shoulder the blame. >> as i have said many times, i take responsibility. >> reporter: but that did little to quiet some republicans, who wanted to know how this could have happened. >> you let the consulate become a death trap. >> had i been president at the time, i would have relieved you of your post. i think it's inexcusable. >> reporter: the secretary fought back, aggressively defending comments made by u.n. ambassador susan rice five days after the attack. >> a very simple phone call to these individuals i think would have ascertained immediately, that there was no protest. >> with all due respect, the fact is, we had four dead americans. was it because of a prote

clinton. how you would grade her tenure? >> i think secretary clinton's tenure has been remarkably successful. because of her star power as a former first lady, former senator from new york and former presidential candidate, she was able to help president obama repair the nation's battered reputation around the world. i don't think we'll see a secretary of state of her caliber for a very long time. >> that's quite an assessment. thank you for get up with us this morning. >> thank you. >>> turning now to our first look at some of the other stories going on around america. we begin with an amazing explosion of metal and debris in vermont. a store surveillance video camera captured a freight train barrelling through a tractor-trailer at a rail crossing. the truck driver was distracted and failed to notice the plane. >>> now to the windy city of chicago. freezing conditions have frozen the remains of a torched warehouse. about 200 firefighters braved bitter cold and raging flames before dousing the fire. officials say the ice encrusted structure will have to be demolished. >>> anarctic

. mrs. clinton, the state department, and the obama administration don't care about the truth for her to say what difference does it make. the difference, whether it was a disorganized mob or an assault on that compound, and whether or not the truth was told is of profound interest to the american people. >>brian: your former job was getting to the truth. people are focused on the fact that she lost her temper but they're not looking it the words she said. what difference does it make? the we don't know what happened still today. >> her losing her temper wasn't a lost temper. it was either planned or it was controlled. and it served, to use one of your phrases, a brush-back pitch. the republicans did not examine her with enough aggression, with enough professionalism. they should have zeroed in with follow-up questions. they should have cross-examined her as if she was on the witness stand. the democrats, as bill o'reilly said last night, not a single democrat asked a single question that made any sense or challenged her. >>brian: tell me what you think of this from senator mccain and

analysis of clinton's tenure. wheels are in motion for women to serve on the front line of combat position. the change was officially announced today. does president obama really want to annihilate the republican party in "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> greg: disgusting. >> dana: you're disgusting. >> greg: that is a sick song. >> dana: can i do my segment? we're going to talk about you. soda ban about to go in effect in new york city but has new opposition that used to be for it. they were for it before they were against it. we'll tell you about that in a second. start with this. a new study done by daniel callahan, a senior research fellow at the hastings center. he put out a paper this week. see how skinny he is. he thinks it's maybe time to start shaming people who are overweight, obese, fat. that is the only way to get people to take care of themselves and prevent diss caused by obesity. now greg, do you have any experience you want to share? >> greg: all bioethicists are jerks. they us

clinton. >> i was very honored when john asked me to take part in this because john is is the right choice, to carry forward the obama administration's foreign policy and i urge his speedy confirmation. as we've heard from both the chairman and ranking member, as we just heard from senator warren, he will bring about a leadership that is ex am plear. he has acted as the young returning veteran from vietnam who appeared before this committee through the time that he served with such distinction as its chairman. he's been a valued partner to this administration and to me personally. he has fought for our diplomats and development experts. he understands the value of investing in america's global leadership. and as we work to implement the accountability review boards recommendations, he's committed to doing whatever it takes to prevent another attack and protect our people and posts around the world. now, working together we've achieved a great deal but the state department and usaid have a lot of unfinished business from afghanistan to proliferation to climate change and so much. we need to

kerrey joins president obamas cabinet. >> the committee is expect to make the official announcement of a confirmation hearing later today as hillary clinton announces she would not continue on as secretary of state. >> also following a story with senator dianne feinstein will introduce a new version of the so-called assault weapon ban to the senate today. >> feinstein plans to expand on the van that expired in 2004 by including handguns and shotguns in addition to rifles. >> she also plastic decrease the number of cosmetic features on a gun that make it considered an assault weapon from 2 to 1. >> new york gov. governor andrew cuomo signed into law the same man in his state last week. >> vice president biden is launching a white house campaign to promote gun control. later today, the vice-president will take questions on ways to reduce gun violence during a gloogle hand out. >> that is an interactive video chat that will streamline on the white house website and on google +. vice-president by will travel to richmond, va. tomorrow with other obama administration officials and virgini

, iran, and north korea. >> i think the probably for hillary clinton and her legacy has less to do with hillary herself or with her competence and has a lot to do with barack obama and the way he runs this administration. basically, in his first term, the state department had no role in the making or execution of foreign policy. >> but a former senior member of clinton's state department believes hillary clinton changed the relations in the world. >> you think about climate change can or global pandemics or food security or water security, all those are issues that involve development as well as diplomacy. they require a different set of tools and secretary clinton understood that and has been systematically building up those tools. >> and last week hillary clinton was asked whether she's ready to retire. i don't know if that's a word i would use, she said, but certainly stepping off the very fast track for a little while, which, of course, a comment that only fueled speculation that she might run for president in 2016. wolf? >> this woman is not getting ready to retire, thanks for

? does that hold potential jeopardy for secretary clinton? >> reporter: probably not, jon, because the fbi investigation is, as you say, focused on culpability for the actual attacks, not on the obama administration's shifting account in the eight days that followed 9/11. the hallmark of that shift, of course, was u.n. ambassador susan rice's appearance on five sunday shows september 16th when she asserted on the basis of of talking points prepared by the ic that benghazi was not a preplanned attack, a position later disavowed by the obama administration as self-evidently untrue. >> so, and we did not -- i think accurate, sir, i certainly did not know of any reports that contradicted the ic talking points at the time that ambassador rice went on the tv shows. >> reporter: yet such reports were circulating in clinton's own department and at the national security council where she sits well before rice's sunday show tour. fox news has published internal state department e-mails that noted on 9/11 a claim of responsibility for the benghazi attacks by the terrorist group ansar al-shari

obama in 2008, something changed that had been the case for 16 years. from 1992 to 2008, the two co-villains in the republican party sort of narrative of the american politics were bill and hillary clinton and every minute of every day the republicans were attacking the clintons over everything and the minute they were not the face of the democrat party the clintons came to play a new role in sort of a republican narrative. they were the good democrats that represented the bygone era and fell to me watching the hearings, yes, i believe she handled herself very well, a masterful performance but if she decides to run for president in 2016, it is back to what life used to be like for her, where every single day, every single way, republicans whether it's libya, whether it's anything else, you know as well as i do they'll find whatever it takes to go after her and the great psychological question of the next few months and years. does she want to live through that again or decide, you know what? i'd rather do something else with the time i've got. >> much more popular as a servant than

the questioners and secretary clinton herself. let's watch. >> i stood next to president obama as the marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at andrews. i put my arms around the mothers and fathers, the sisters and brothers, the sons and daughters and the wives left alone to raise their children. >> so obviously getting emotional there talking about >> so obviously, getting emotional there, talking about the families and the people that didn't come home, the four of them. some people have zeroed in on the emotion, probably should be more focused on the content of the hearings. but people asking the question not just of hillary clinton, but of public figures, what it means to cry in public, whether or not that's a good idea. >> well, and this is very personal, as she said. you know, these are people that she knew well and, you know, i think, it's a tough decision to be in, if she was speaking passionately about, you know, that heat of the moment and also, you know, i think she just lost those people, so that was true emotion. >> i think it's probably not as much a stigma anymo

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